Shape
The general outline of something is called the shape. A
shape can also be defined as a closed path or a closed path.
Although there are many ways top depict a shape on a 2D surface,
one way is with lines.
Lines can be sued to drawflat shapes like cubes or pyramids that
can be filled with color or texture.
How a shape is drawn give it its quality, such as
- curving
- angular
- regular
- changing
- flat
- volumetric
Shapes
can be used to depict representational shapes of real objects or
they can be used to abstract shapes like blobs, stars or hearts.

Schematic drawing of a motorcycle.

The is an engineers rendering of energy flow.

Shapes can also be described by hard edges that are delineated
by color.
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